Bush Veto Will Stall Purchase Of Life-Saving Mine Resistant Vehicles
Like most of the Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles in Anbar province, this one has been hit as many as three times by enemy fire and bomb blasts. Yet, to date, no American troops have died while riding in one.
But efforts to buy thousands more carriers -- each costing about $1 million -- could be delayed if the White House and Congress do not resolve their deadlock over a $124.2 billion war spending bill.
Associated Press | April 28, 2007 06:10 PM